Liquid container



oct. 5,1926. l' 1,601,723

E. M. ELBE'RT LrQUxD CONTAINER Filed Ap'ril 13, 1925 Fatented @et 5,1925.

UNITED STATES PATEKNT'OFFICE.

EDW'ARD M. ELBERT, OE' DALLAS, TEXAS.

Application filed April 13, 1925. Serial No. 22,592.

'lhis invention relates to liquid containers and ha improvements in sfor its object the provision of a device which can be attached to abottle, can, keg, like so that the liquid may quickly drawn therefrom;

barrel or the be easily and and further to provide a means foreliminating the drip of the liquid when the flow is cut oil, and

to prevent air from entering the liquid outlet by providing a A furtherobject of the liquid seal in said outlet.

invention is that it is practical and durable and may be inanufacturedat a small cost. TWith the above objects vention will be betterunderstood by reference to the following description, in connection withthe accompanying drawings, i'orming part hereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the device attached to a of thebottle and the portion comprising invention being shown in bottle, theneck the section.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the device secured to a air inletlocated in the b and can, and illustrating the ody of the can;

Figure 3 is an illustration of the device embodied in a keg and alsoshowing a diiferent arrangement for the air inlet.

In describing the invention in detail and referring to its variousparts, the numeral l denotes a bottle with a neck 2. This may be abottle of any size or shape and in this connection it is pointed outthat while the invention is adapted to liquid containers tric storagebatteries.

lustrated in Figure end 3 which is channeled channel 4 providing for anThe invention, as il- 1, comprises an inner at 4 and the air inlet whereby air is admitted by the closure 6, the thumb being placed on thehandle 7. A tube 8 conveys the air to the bottom of the bottle at A topermi behind the liquid. The shoulder 9 to limit its ino in the bottle.

t the air to get device has a vement inwardly On its outer end there isa curved delivery nozzle 10 with a rounded part 11, the interior of thelowed at 12 and forming latter being hola pocket or seal in the channel5 and through which the liquid passes outwardly,

as indicated by in view, the in the arrows. /A similar space 12a isformed by theupper portion of the nozzle which acts as an air chamberwhen the air is cut oil and prevents the liquid from being siplionedfrom the container.

InFigure 2 is illustrated a modiication of the arrangement for admittingair to release the liquid and also shows the device as applied to a can13. The end 14 is' threaded. In this arrangement, only one channel 15 isnecessary, the pockets being formed at 12, as in Figure 1, the liquidpassing out at 17 in the direction of the arrows. An air inlet isarranged comprising a curved tube 18 formed in the body of the can witha closure 19 and a handle 19L under tension of a spring 20. A handle 21forlifting the can is shown and a filler cap 22, the latter, however,may

be placed at any convenient point on the can.

In Figure 3 the device is shown in use on a keg 23 or may be attached toa barrel. In this application the outlet 17 is similar to that shown inFigure 2, the inner end of the body of the device being likewisethreaded. An air opening is provided at 24 with a handle 25 and spring26.k The cap 27 has a rubber faced abutment 28.

In the operation of the device and as illustrated in Figure 1, thebottle is tilted and the handle 7 moved to open the air inlet, and theair entering the channel 4 passes through the tube 8 and thence behindthe liquid at A. The liquid will then pass outward freely in thedirection of the arrows, there being no bubbling or obstruction in theflow. Due to the lpockets 12-12, no air can enter through the liquidoutlet when the air opening is closed or o-pen, the pockets forming atrap or seal.

In the forms shown -in Figures 2 and 3, it is only necessary to open theair inlet by means of the handles 19a and 25 and the liquid will flowoutward freely.

It should be understood that modifications other than those shown may bemade in the invention in keeping with the following claims:

1. A device of the character described including a stopper body having anozzle opening at the outer end and a longitudinal channel opening atthe inner end and also provided with pockets communicating respectivelywith the nozzle and channel and positioned in opposed spaced relationWith eac-h other and also communicating with each other and forming aseal, said body having means for permitting inlet of air to a con-`tainer.

2. A device of the character described including a stopper like bodyprovided With an exterior shoulder and also provided with a nozzleopening at the outer end and tivo channels opening at the inner end andone of which opens laterally of the body to form an air inlet, the bodyalso having opposed pockets communicating with each other and with thenozzle and the other channel and coacting therewith to Lt'orm a tortuouspassage and seal for the liquid to be dispensed therethrough, a tubeextending from the inner end of the air channel and a closure for theouter end of said channel.

3. A device of the character described, comprising' a stopper like bodyhaving a nozzle at its outer end and a pair of spaced longitudinallyextending channels opening through itsl inner end, one of said channelsopening through one side of the body as to form an air inlet, a movableclosure for the inlet, said nozzle and the other channel beinginter-connected by a substantially re- Verse S-shaped Way vforming apair of opposed cominvunicating pockets to create alternately activeliquid seals.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification.

EDWARD M. ELBERT.

